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"JL" > wrote in message
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> Pennyaline wrote:
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>> On 7/12/2010 16:30, Goomba wrote:
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>> > A Moose In Love wrote:
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>> >> i like to saute' frozen peas in butter slowly with added cooking
>> >> onions finely chopped.
>> >
>> >
>> > I like to saute the minced onions (red onions in particular) with
>> > minced
>> > ham, then add cream and cook down a bit. Add the frozen peas and cook a
>> > bit. Its a wonderful treat, and I didn't really ever like peas much as
>> > a
>> > child.

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>> Skip the minced ham and use bacon.

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> Other than in fried rice i like to serve fresh peas lightly and quickly
> blanched in boiling water and finished in butter and a soupçon garlic.
>
> So i do frozen peas for the elderly relative, every once in a while, for
> her, in the same way.
>
> I think she would prefere i use garlic powder but i never buy the stuff.
> Even the halfway decent "granulated" garlic the local deli sell in bulk,
> .75¢ per ounce.
>
> I once stated to her with my gravest authoity, that: i CANNOT cook in a
> kitchen with no garlic in it! we would have to go out for dinner!
>
> 20 - 30 minutes later after i had decided what to make for dinner she
> came back into the kitchen all dressed up to go out for dnner Hat,
> gloves, pearls, low heels, cloth coat & etc.
>
> Apparently my complaint about being out of garlic was a more plausable
> reason for eating out than i imagined



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